- Here is the list of winners for this year’s Anilo Underwater Shootout event.
- The event was hosted by the Department of Tourism and co-organized by Philippine Airlines.
- The event is aimed to promote the Philippines’ rich marine life and to prove that the country is one of the best spots for underwater photography.
The Philippine archipelago is known for its rich marine life being situated within the Coral Triangle. For the longest time, the country has been one of the favorite spots for underwater and marine photographers.
This year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) conducted the Anilao Underwater Shoot to prove that the Philippines is still one of the best spots in the world for underwater photography.
The event commenced starting from November 28 to December 2 with international photographers gathering in Mabini, Batangas.
The panel of judges were some of the most respected names in the underwater photography namely widely published French naturalist photographer and marine biologist Laurent Ballesta; award-winning Belgian underwater and wildlife photographer Ellen Cuylaerts; macro photography expert and 2015 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Indra Swari; renowned Singapore-based underwater photographer William Tan; and Underwater360 founder and Asia Dive Expo’s official organizer John Thet.
Here are the winners for each category:
Compact Nudi
1st – Marc Stephen Verendia De Leon (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985107968343711/?type=3&theater
2nd – Lin Haojie (China)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985107991677042/?type=3&theater
3rd -Ronald Amboy Dalawampo (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985108051677036/?type=3&theater
Compact Marine Behavior
1st – Maria Nerissa Cuizon Fajardo (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985107768343731/?type=3&theater
2nd -Jayson Nadera Apostol (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985107901677051/?type=3&theater
3rd – Gyoungmi Lee (Korea)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/986342654886909/?type=3&theater
Compact Macro
1st – Ericson Avendan Yee (Philippines
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985107725010402/?type=3&theater
2nd -Narumon Pimsirinath (Thailand)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985108655010309/?type=3&theater
3rd – Ex Borrega Liao (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985107695010405/?type=3&theater
Compact – Fish Portrait
1st – Regie Masong Casia (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985107618343746/?type=3&theater
2nd – Sudong Lim (Korea)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985107661677075/?type=3&theater
3rd – Ajiex Dharma (Indonesia)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985107585010416/?type=3&theater
Open Fish Portrait
1st – Peri Paleracio (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985903881597453/?type=3&theater
2nd – PJ Aristorenas (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985905514930623/?type=3&theater
3rd – Marco Steiner (Austria)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985108188343689/?type=3&theater
Open Macro
1st – Yun Thing (Indonesia)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985108225010352/?type=3&theater
2nd – Heng Cai (China)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/986342024886972/?type=3&theater
3rd – Henley Spiers (UK/France)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/986342001553641/?type=3&theater
Open Marine Behavior
1st – Dennis Monteras Corpuz
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985108338343674/?type=3&theater
2nd – Brook Parkinson Peterson (USA)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985108365010338/?type=3&theater
3rd – Heng Cai (China)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/986341828220325/?type=3&theater
Open Nudi
1st – Bebot Esteban (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/986341684887006/?type=3&theater
2nd – Kam Moon Ken Lai (HongKong)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985108465010328/?type=3&theater
3rd – Mohan Thanabalan (Malaysia)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985108508343657/?type=3&theater
Blackwater
1st – Songda Cai (China)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/986341631553678/?type=3&theater
Special Smartphone/Action Camera
1st – Ria Villanueva Crucero (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985108611676980/?type=3&theater
Compact DOT Photographer of the Year – Regie Masong Casia (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985108168343691/?type=3&theater
Open DOT Photographer of the Year – Dennis Monteras Corpuz (Philippines)
https://www.facebook.com/anilaounderwatershootout/photos/pcb.985109711676870/985108118343696/?type=3&theater
The Anilao Underwater Shootout 2018 and Underwater Photography Contest was made in partnership with the Philippine’s Department of Tourism (DOT) and was co-organized by Philippine Airlines (PAL).